Heart of a Catholic School

Sharing Different Perspectives on Catholic Education, Transforming the Future of Schools

The biennial Catholic Education Conference provides a platform for all interested to meet and share ideas and views about Catholic education in Singapore.

The Catholic Education Conference 2017, themed ‘Heart of a Catholic School’, aims to capture the many perspectives of the value of a Catholic education, and to affirm its relevance to present and future education landscape. Through video, personal testimony, sharing, panel discussion and breakout sessions, we hope to hear the voices of different stakeholders in Catholic schools, of how an education in a Catholic school is life-giving, inclusive and transformational. Through these voices, we hope to crystallise the fundamentals at the heart of a Catholic school that make the difference in the lives of young people under its charge.

His Grace, Archbishop William Goh, will be gracing the conference and giving his response to the morning’s proceedings.

Attended by sponsoring authorities, school leaders, teachers, students, parents, alumni and school chaplaincy teams, the diverse composition adds to the richness of the views and discussions.

The conference programme in the afternoon sets aside time for School Teams to come together to consolidate the learning from the morning and plan for the year and beyond. This facilitates the translation of reflections into actions for each school. Hence, schools are required to register as school teams to facilitate the coordination for this session.

The conference organisers will be producing a video that captures the heart of the many Catholic schools in Singapore, to be screened at the conference. We will be approaching schools shortly to invite contributions of photographs and video footage that brings out the uniqueness of our Catholic schools. We hope you can share generously.

Registration is now closed.

The Archdiocesan Commission for Catholic Schools (ACCS) works with Catholic schools to strengthen the Catholic ethos in their communities, and support the religious, civics and moral education these schools provide. Our mission is their mission: to develop whole persons who will grow to be men and women for God and for society.